With summer rapidly approaching, brands across America are announcing their new flavors for the season. This year, brands have something unique to celebrate in their flavors: America’s 250th birthday.
A classic staple of American beverages, AriZona, has already released their 250th anniversary drink, Liberty Lemonade. Liberty Lemonade has a very sweet and fruity flavor, combining cherry and berry flavors with classic lemonade.
Overall, AriZona Liberty Lemonade is a little too sweet, but at the AriZona price, it’s hard to beat it, especially for full-time students. Luckily for students of FVHS, it can be found right across the street at the Speedway.
Another brand that is going all out for the 250th anniversary is Monster, announcing two new flavors. The first of which, Ultra Red White and Blue Razz, has already hit shelves to resounding positivity.
“It’s basically the American dream. Every time I drink it I feel like a bald eagle is screaming somewhere. [It’s] probably the best flavor, with the exception of Ultra Blue Hawaiian,” said senior Pablo Lopez-Morales.
Ultra Red White and Blue Razz aims for a Bomb Pop flavor profile of cherry, blue raspberry, and lime. Although it does have a very strong blue raspberry flavor that overshadows the cherry and drowns out the lime entirely, that isn’t to say that it is a bad flavor. It just doesn’t perfectly represent the proposed flavor. Students can venture just down the road to Sheetz to find this exclusive flavor.
Monster is also scheduled to release a new Monster Juice flavor to commemorate the 250th. It will be a new strawberry lemonade flavor, rumored to be similar to the old strawberry lemonade flavor of Monster Rehab, which was discontinued late in 2025, due to poor performance.
The last of the brands to announce a 250th anniversary flavor is Snapple with their Two Hundred Fif-TEA flavor, a new raspberry and lemonade flavor of tea fully adorned with a Statue of Liberty. This flavor is set to release later this summer and is the spearhead in Snapple’s attempt to refresh their brand.
There are also a few other flavors coming out that are general summer flavors that aren’t related to the 250th anniversary.
One of the best examples is the new 7-Up Endless Summer, a new take on last year’s successful Endless Summer flavor. Unlike last year’s strawberry watermelon flavor, this year’s variation will be mandarin orange flavored. The light citrus flavor is sure to spark positive summer feelings in anyone who drinks it.
Another summer flavor being brought back this year is Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut. Creamy Coconut combines the normal 23 flavors of Dr. Pepper with cream soda and a healthy dosage of coconut. This soda gained a cult-like following on social media, and was brought back because of the outcry from that following.
“Dr. Pepper Creamy Coconut was inspired by viral social media trends and its comeback is powered by pure consumer love— when fans rally this hard for a flavor, we listen,” said Katie Webb, VP of Innovation at Keurig Dr. Pepper.
Three of these brands— Snapple, 7 Up and Dr. Pepper— are owned by Keurig Dr. Pepper, who announced their entire flavor lineup for the year in a news statement back in February.
Keurig Dr. Pepper urges consumers to, “keep an eye out in stores to discover what’s new,” and that doesn’t just apply to Dr. Pepper products, as drink brands across the country are known to release new flavors throughout the year.
